The Impact of Talent Management on the Role of Human Resource

This research project focuses on understanding the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an organization. It includes a literature review, research methodology, data analysis, and conclusions. The aim is to explore the strategies and effects of talent management on HR.

Unit 11– Research
Project
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Table of Content
PART 1 – RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ETHICAL FORM......................................................3
PART 2 - QUESTIONNAIRE.......................................................................................................21
PART 3 – RESEARCH PROJECT...............................................................................................23
RESEARCH TITLE: THE IMPACT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT ON THE ROLE OF
HUMAN RESOURCE...................................................................................................................23
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................23
Background of the organisation............................................................................................23
Review of problem/issue......................................................................................................23
Aim and Objectives..............................................................................................................23
Rationale for selection of topic.............................................................................................24
Research Questions..............................................................................................................24
Limitations............................................................................................................................24
LITERATURE REVIEW..............................................................................................................26
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY...................................................................................................33
DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION.....................................................................................36
Analysis of collected facts....................................................................................................36
Interpretation of data............................................................................................................38
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................46
REFLECTION & RECOMMENDATION OF ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY........................................................................................................................47
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................50
APPENDICES...............................................................................................................................52
Appendix 1 – Questionnaire.................................................................................................52
Appendix 2 – Power Point....................................................................................................54
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PART 1 – RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND ETHICAL FORM
Research Proposal Form
Student Name: ______________________ Student ID: ____________
Centre Name: _____________________
Tutor: ________________ Date: ___________________
Unit: ____________________
Proposed Title: The impact of talent management on the role of HR.
Section One: Title, objective, responsibilities
Title or working title of the research project (in the form of a question, objective or
hypothesis)
Research aim
“To understand the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization”. A Study on Sainsbury's.
Research Objectives
 To develop understanding about the talent management.
 To determine the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization.
To identify the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company.
Research Questions
 What is the talent management?
 What are the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
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organization?
 What are the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company?
Section Two: Reasons for choosing this research project
Reasons for choosing the project (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal
interest, future plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important):
The topic selected for carrying research is about the impact of talent management on human
resource activities of an organisation. The main reason behind the selection of this topic is that
help in fulfilment of dual perspective i.e. personal and professional. In respect of the personal,
this help in determination of the activities which are effective in nature towards development of
talent in candidates. This simultaneously aid me in application of similar techniques, so I can
develop similar nature of characteristics in own personality. The another personal benefit
associated with this research that aid in ascertainment of impact of talent management activity on
functioning of HR activities so, in future able to use the characteristics towards effective
providence of HR functions in which having both personal and professional interest. In respect to
the professional perspective, the benefit of this research is about easy access of HR jobs in
different large organisations along with handling of activities in effective manner from the very
first day by understanding of the ground requirements.In future, this must help me in
development of sound professional career along with building of effective personality that will
assist organisational personnel’s in future to get rid of employee related issues easily.
Section Three: Literature sources searched
Use of key literature sources to support your research question, objective or hypothesis:
What is talent management?
According to Painter‐Morland and et. al.,(2019), talent management is a continuous process that
retaining, managing and motivating employees for longer period of time. It is a strategic process
which helps in selecting and hiring the right candidate according to requirements of the business.
Talent management plays essential role in growth and development of business organisation, as
it allows company to strengthen its workforce. With the help of talent management practices
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business organisation can enhance skills and capabilities of employees. It will simultaneously
enhance overall productivity and profitability of business at great extent. In addition to this, for
conducting appropriate talent management a company management need to adopt an effective
strategies or plans so that they conduct work properly. Along with this, talent management also
have huge impact on the role of human resource because through talent management they able to
conduct work properly as employees feel motivated as well as encouraged.
What are the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an organization?
As per the article given byBibi(2019), the talent management activities have positive impact on
the role of human resources as through effective talent management employees feel motivated
and encourage. By this human resource can develop effective plans for adopting new strategies
as well as innovation as employees conduct work in proper manner for attaining desire goal.
Along with this effective talent management also decrease the work load of human resource as
when employees feel motivated then they perform in best manner which leads to attainment of
desire goal and objectives successfully. In addition to this proper talent management enhance
employees as well as manager engagement which help company human resource to develop and
maintain effective working environment at workplace. This show that talent management have
positive as well as effective impact on the performance or role of human resource of a company.
According to the Pandita and Ray (2018), employee engagement is one of the main role of HR
and also having the positive impact of talent management exercise. Different practices of talent
management like training and development and performance appraisal not only help in
improvement of an employee skill and personality but also assist in improving their engagement
within organisational activities. Exercise of training and development help employees to learn
new skills and use same in performance of functions more effectively. This motivates them to
work hard along with higher level of engagement for an organisation so they able to ascertain
overall organisational objectives along with own professional goals. This clears out the activities
of talent management like training and development has direct relation with exercise of
improving employee engagement within an organisation.
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As per the view point of Narayanan(2016), employee retention is the important role of HR and
no organisation will able to gain success without fulfilment of this task. This is so because
employees are those asset of an organisation that never be imitated by any other competitive
organisation. It is also cleared by author that exercises of talent management has huge
contribution in fulfilment of this role i.e. employee retention. For example, practice like training
and development and higher responsibilities not only help in improving personality of an
employee but creates their trust towards management they cautious about their overall
professional growth. This motivates them stick within an organisation for longer period of time
and work hard towards the accomplishment of overall organisational objectives. This clears that
exercise of talent management like higher responsibilities has direct association with the
fulfilment of HR role about longer retention of employees within an organisation.
What are the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company?
As per the perspective of Al-Hussaini, S.H. and et. al., (2019), talent management strategy is an
action plan that aim to optimize performance of employees. There are various forms of talent
management strategies such as succession planning, workforce planning, career-path planning
and more through which business organisation can maximise employee’s performance or
accomplishing different HR functions. Exercise of workforce planning includes the activities
related to training, performance appraisal and delegation of responsibilities for the purpose of
brining effective level of peace and satisfaction at workplace among employees. All these
activities not only work towards bringing consistency in working but simultaneously aid in
development of skills and knowledge among employees. For ex., exercise of performance
appraisal helps in identification of skill gap along with ascertainment of measure or technique
that might help in improvement of same. So, the end result of this will be ascertained by the
employees as improved level of personality and productivity that turns them from ordinary
worker to skilled or extraordinary who can perform in diverse situations.
Online
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Al-Hussaini, S.H. and et. al., 2019. Impact of talent management strategies on employee
performance behaviour with the mediating role of talent management outputs. Archives of
Business Research. 7(3).
Bibi, M., 2019. Impact of talent management practices on employee performance: an empirical
study among healthcare employees. SEISENSE Journal of Management. 2(1). pp.22-
32.
Narayanan, A., 2016. Talent management and employee retention: Implications of job
embeddedness-a research agenda. Journal of Strategic Human Resource
Management. 5(2).
Painter‐Morland, M. and et. al., 2019. Talent management: The good, the bad, and the
possible. European Management Review 16(1). pp.135-146.
Pandita, D. and Ray, S., 2018. Talent management and employee engagement–a meta-analysis of
their impact on talent retention. Industrial and Commercial Training.
Section Four: Activities and timescales
Activities to be carried out during the research project (e.g research,
development and analysis of ideas, writing, data collection, numerical
analysis, tutor meetings, production of final outcome, evaluation, writing
the report):
Aim and objectives
Literature review
Research Methodology
Data Collection
How long this
will take:
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Data analysis
Conclusion and recommendations
Submission of the final project
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Milestone one: ____Literature review ____________
Target date (set by tutor): _21/12/20___________________
Milestone two: ___Research methodology ____________________
Target date (set by tutor): ___14/01/21___________________
Gantt Chart
Gantt chart is determined as a type of bar which outline the activities as well as duration for
conducting research in effective and appropriate manner. With the help of Gantt chart researcher
can accomplish activities of researcher in proper time frame. Along with this, it will also help
investigator to reduce overlapping of activities. It was developed by Henry Gantt in year 1910 –
1915. The respective research Gantt Chart is mentioned below: -
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Section Five: Research approach and methodologies
What type of research approach and methodologies are you likely to use and why? What
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your areas of research will cover:
Research methodologies is determined as technique or tool that are adopted by a researcher for
gather authenticate as well as reliable data or information connected to topic. For an investigator,
it is essential to select most appropriate research methodologies so that they can gather
authenticate information related to the topic. In context of this research, an investigator is
selecting a framework named as research onion. The reason for choosing this research method is
as it provides effective progression in the process of research and is adaptable in variety of
contexts. It is introduced by Saunders et al in year 2007 and include numbers of different
methodologies like a layer of onion. The explanation of research onion is mentioned below in
respect of this research: -
 Research philosophies – It is viewed as conviction or marvel in which information is
assembled by the analyst to accomplish legitimate result of the exploration. It is
fundamental for a specialist to choose most fitting ways of thinking for their examination
fill as that will help in achieving the long objective and destinations effectively. There are
two sorts of examining methods of reasoning from the point of researcher that will
berequired to undertake i.e.pragmatismandinterpretivism. In regard of individual
exploration, investigator will take use of pragmatism research philosophy. It is on the
grounds that it is one of the effective and well organised method that help in effective
level of analysis in ease manner. In this research, pragmatism research philosophies have
been considered and the reason for choosing this method is that it a scientific method in
which results are basedon the actual problems of real life, making the overall conclusion
reliable. In addition to this interpretivism will be used in order to analyse the qualitative
aspects associated the research topic.
 Research Approaches – This is considering as the process or plan which is adopted by
researcher in order to do research work in proper way. In order to conduct research work
in best manner, it is essential for researcher to select appropriate research approaches.
There are main two kinds of research approaches from which researcher need to select
i.e. inductive as well as deductive. In order to accomplish present research objectives
investigator will undertake the use of deductive approach as it effectively supports the
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objective nature of investigation and coordinate with pragmatism research philosophy. In
addition to this, another justification to select deductive approach is that is mainly based
upon fact that through it assist in better testing of numeric data and information’s. Some
other reasons behind the selection of deductive approach is that it helps in providing
appropriate explanation of the casual relationship among concepts and variables.
Moreover, also helps in generalizing the research findings in accurate manner. The
benefit of this will be ascertained in future where easy for the researcher to analyse data
and take appropriate decisions accordingly.
 Research strategies – It is decided as the strategies which are received by a researcher to
accumulate and verify solid datarelated with the topic. With the help of effective research
strategy, investigator can conduct research in a systematic manner in a qualitative way. In
regard of this exploration, researcher going to use the questionnaire method for
completion of research and collection of data. This is so because this will help in
calculation of most reliable information which is effective towards the direction of
getting accurate results. The main reason behind choosing questionnaire as research
method is that, first hand and appropriate information would be gathered from the
respondents. So, on the basisthose responses able to generate the views on research topic
and appropriate and authentic decision could be taken in future.
 Research Choice – It is determined as kind of data or information on which researcher
want to based their project so that they can attain the desire goal and objectives
successfully. For every researcher, it is essential to select best research choice for their
project as that will directly or indirectly help in attaining the desire goal effectively.
There are two types of choices in front of researcher i.e. quantitative as well as qualitative
research choice. In context of this research, an investigator is adopting quantitative
research choice as it will aid them in collecting authenticate and reliable information. It is
so because that are based on the numerical as well as statistics related to topic.With the
help of this undertaking about the use of quantitative research, investigator aim towards
accomplishing research objectives with more accurate results. Along with this, the
selected method will allow researcher to gather effective and reliable data within the
allocated timeframe.Further, utilisation of quantitative method is also justifiable from the
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point that help in better presentation of collected facts within more systematic and
attractive way within the aid of tables and charts. Some other major objectives behind
choosing of quantitative research is that in case of large sample size it provides more
generalized results and is cost in effective nature. Also, aid in collection of data in fast
and authentic manner that will be analysed more perfectly as compared to other existing
approaches.
 Time horizon – It is determined as time duration which is needed by a researcher in
order to do their work of research in effective manner. There are main two kinds of time
horizon i.e. longitudinal as well as cross-sectional time horizon. These help the
researchers to present themselves as the most appropriate for their project. In context of
this research, an investigator is adopting cross-sectional time horizon because that help in
accomplishing work in best manner as well as in given time duration. With the help of
taking use of cross-sectional time horizon, investigator aim to fulfil research in proper
time frame by fulfilling all the actions like collection and analysis of data within specific
period of time. So, it is clear from the above description that main reason behind the
selection of this technique is completion of research activities within allocated and
adequate time frame without any issues.
 Data collection – It is considered as strategy which is utilized by an analyst to assemble,
confirm and identification of appropriate data related to their topic. For an analyst, it is
vital to select most suitable information assortment technique or cycle because their result
is relying upon it. There are two sorts of information collection types i.e. primary as well
as secondary. For the purpose of completing this research, researcher is going to use both
type of methods i.e. primary and secondary. In regard primary data collectionmethod,
researcher is selecting the50 respondents(employees) out of total population i.e. whole
workforce at workplace. Along with this, in terms with secondary research method,
researcher decided to use all resources like journal articles, magazines and books. The
main reason behind the usage of both collection methods that most appropriate and
accurate results can be accomplished. Here, main purpose with the use of primary data
collection method is that able to gather first-hand information which is most effective in
nature towards ascertainment of unbiased, reliable and accurate data. Also, with the use
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of secondary data collection method,having the aim to collect more deepen information
on research topic from the varied resources.
 Sampling: It is regarded as a process of using a small sample from the whole population.
It is not possible to analyse a particular segment because of large population size so there
is a need to select a sample that is representative of the whole population. There are two
types of sampling methods that is probabilistic and non-probabilistic data sampling. In
case of present research work, there is use of probabilistic sampling where there is
drawing of sample without any specific criteria. There is use of a sample size of 50
respondents (employees) for the purpose of collecting information in order to achieve the
laid objectives.Here, main reason behind selection of employee as respondents that they
have deep knowledge about ground workings and also directly associated with the
working of HR. The another important reason behind selection of employees as
respondents that view of diversified employees belonging from different culture help in
analysing the effectiveness of talent management activities along with their impact over
HR functions.
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):
I confirm that the project is not work which has been or will be submitted for another
qualification and is appropriate.
Agreed: ________________ (name)_______________ Date ______________
Comments and agreement form project proposal checker( IV sampling)
Comments (Optional):
I confirm that the project is appropriate.
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Agreed /Disagree: (Name of the IV) Date
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Research Ethics approval form
All students conducting research activity that involves human participants or the use of data
collected form human participants are required to gain ethical approval before commencing their
research. Please answer all relevant questions and note that your form may be returned if
incomplete.
For further support and guidance please see your respective Unit Tutor:
Before completing this form, we advise that you discuss your proposed research fully
with your unit tutor. Please complete this form in good time before your research project is due
to commence.
Section 1: Basic details:
Project title: The Impact of Talent Management on the Role HR.
Student name:
Student ID number:
Programme:
College Name:
Intended research start date: 02-12-20
Intended research end date: 29-04-21
Section 2 Project summary
Please select all research methods that you plan to use as a part of your project:
 Interviews Yes No
 Questionnaires Yes No
 Observations Yes No
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 Use of personal records Yes No
 Data Analysis Yes No
 Action Research Yes No
 Focus Groups Yes No
 Others (Please specify):
Section 3: Participants
Please answer the following questions, giving full details where necessary.
Will your research involve human participants?
Yes, this research includes human participants who will answer the questionnaire.
Who are the participants? Tick all that apply:
Ages 12-16: Young people aged: 17-18 Adults: more than 20 years’ old
How will participants be recruited (identified an approached)?
For recruiting respondents simple random sampling is adopted.
Describe the processes you will use to inform participants about what you are doing:
E mail, meeting and notice board will use to inform participant about the research.
How will you obtain consent from participants? Will this be written? How will it be made clear to
participants that they may withdraw consent to participate at any time?
Information are in written and in guideline all the information is included in respect of how participants
may withdraw consent to participate at any time
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Studies involving questionnaires: will participants be given the option of omitting questions that do not
wish to answer?
Yes No
If no, please explain why below and ensure that you cover any ethical issues arising from this
Studies involving observation: Confirm whether participants will be asked for their informed consent
to be observed.
Yes No
Will you debrief participants at the end of their participation (i.e. give them a brief explanation of the
study)?
Yes No
Will participants be given information about the findings of your study? (This could be a brief
summary of your findings in general)
Yes No
Section 4: Data Storage and Security
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Confirm that all personal data will be stored and processed in compliance with the Data Protection Act
(1998)
Yes, No
Who will have access to the data and personal information?
The access will be with researcher and senior authority.
During the research:
Where will the data be stored?
In personal computer data are stored.
Will mobile devices such as USB storage and laptops be used
Yes No
If Yes, please provide further details:
After the research:
Where will the data be stored?
Data related to research will be stored in personal computer.
How long will the data and records be kept for and in what format?
Until the research will not compete information will be stored in soft copy.
Will data be kept for use by other researchers? Yes No
Section 5: Ethical Issues
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Are there any particular features of your proposed work, which may raise ethical concerns? If so, please
outline how you will deal with these:
It is important that you demonstrate your awareness of potential risks that may arise because of your
research. Please consider/address all issues that may apply. Ethical concerns may include, but are not
limited to the following:
 Informed consent.
 Potentially vulnerable participants.
 Sensitive topics
 Risk to participants and /or researchers
 Confidentiality/anonymity
 Disclosures/ limits to confidentiality
 Data storage and security, both during and after the research (including transfer, sharing,
encryption, protection).
 Reporting
 Dissemination and use of your findings.
Section 6: Declaration
I have read, understood and will abide by the institution’s Research and Ethics Policy: Yes No
I have discussed the ethical issues relating to my research with my Unit Tutor:
Yes, No
I confirm that to the best of my knowledge:
The above information is correct, and this is a full description of the ethical issues that may arise
in the course of my research
Name: Date:
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Please submit your completed form to your supervisor and also attach to the Research Proposal
when submitting to Turnitin.
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PART 2 - QUESTIONNAIRE
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have understanding of the talent management concept?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q2) According to your opinion, does talent management plays important role in the role
of HR in context with organisational practices?
a) Strongly Agreed
b) Agreed
c) Disagreed
d) Strongly disagreed
e) N/A
Q3) Do you think, that within your organisation expectations of workforce get
accomplished according to talent management practices?
a) Strongly Agreed
b) Agreed
c) Disagreed
d) Strongly disagreed
e) N/A
Q4) Does you organisation have transparent reward and recognition scheme?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
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Q5) According to you what are the benefits of talent management on employee growth?
a) Increase in productivity
b) More loyalty towards organisation
c) Dedicated behaviour towards company
d) All the above
Q6) As per your view point, how talent management benefits organisation?
a) Retain talented employees
b) Improved employee experience
c) Increased management and employee engagement
d) Higher productivity and profitability
Q7) According to you what are the possible challenges with talent management?
a) Lack of leadership
b) Increase labour turnover
c) Higher demand of compensations
Q8) According to you, what are the strategies with the help of which company can
overcome challenges of talent management?
a) Employee engagement
b) Regular training and employee development programs
c) Competitive recognition and rewards
d) Employee career development seminars
Q9) Provide some recommendation, how company can overcome talent management
challenges
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PART 3 – RESEARCH PROJECT
RESEARCH TITLE: THE IMPACT OF TALENT MANAGEMENT ON
THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE
INTRODUCTION
Talent management plays most important role of an HR as it allows them to conduct various
roles and responsibilities of Human resource in an effective manner (Abdollahbeigi, 2021). With
the help of talent management practices HR can enhance overall productivity and performance of
employees.
Background of the organisation
Sainsbury is a large scale leading organisation performing its business operations in retail
industrial sector. Company offers wide range of products and services to customers. This
organisation serves large base of customers all around the world thus, it is important for
company HR to understand the importance of talent management in order to conduct business
operations in effective manner.
Review of problem/issue
Company that has been chosen to conduct present research analysis is Sainsbury, which is
conducting its business operations in retail industrial sector. It has been evaluated that company
is facing issue of talent management. It has been underlined that, it is important for HR of large
scale organisation like Sainsbury to know the importance of talent management in order to
overcome the issues of talent management.
Aim and Objectives
Aim
“To understand the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization”. A Study on Sainsbury's.
Research Objectives
 To develop understanding about the talent management.
 To determine the impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization.
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 To identify the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company.
Rationale for selection of topic
The selection of present research topic is significant and rational as it is related to key
essential topic of talent management. The concept of talent management is helpful and needed to
be present in every organisation for the best of employees and the organisation specifically in the
rapidly changing business environment and practices. It is an essential topic for employees and
organisation growth and development. With the help of talent management practices HR
manager can carry out HR roles and responsibilities in more effective manner and can further
maximise overall growth and profitability of organisation. Talent management process have
become a very important and essential part for a company to have and followed effectively in
order to earn the best productivity as well as leading in the market by earning a competitive
advantage through a highly competitive and knowledgeable workforce. In addition to this,
present research analysis also plays essential role academic purpose and educational background
of the investigator along with leading improved skills and competencies. This topic is important
for me as it will enhance existing level of knowledge and understanding related to selected topic.
Moreover, the topic of talent management will allow the reader to get more accessible
knowledge and information over the current trends taking place in business industry and various
other aspects of the business field.
Research Questions
 What is the talent management?
 What are the impacts of talent management on the role of human resource in an
organization?
 What are the different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company?
Limitations
In terms with present research, it has been evaluated that the main limitation is associated
with limited set of resources in addition with insufficient time period to effectively conduct
research in an effective manner. However, with the utilization of most effective as well as
appropriate research methodology is being undertaken in order to overcome these limitation.
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Along with this, use of primary as well as secondary form of data collection method is being
undertaken in order to accomplish research objectives.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
To develop understanding about the talent management
As per the view point of Aguinis and Burgi-Tian, 2021 talent management is defined
process that involves different type of activities which is associated to attracting and retaining
talented and potential employees for a longer period of time and developing their skills and
competencies on continuous manner with the help of motivation. Main aim of talent management
is to significantly improve their performance and strengthen organisational workforce in order to
maximize overall profitability of organisation at great extent. Talent management play essential
role for human resource manager. HR department engages in the operations of managing talent
in an effective basis and designing through which organisation can gain optimal results. Talent
management play significant role for organisation as it enhance morale of employee and helps
company to attract and retain talented employees for a longer period of time that enhance
organisational performance. It has been identified that talent management help in improving
performance at significant rate, it also allow company to enhance its competitiveness in
respective industrial sector (Aljbour, French and Ali, 2021). With the help of managing talent
organisation can drive innovation and can satisfy customers in effective manner. Talent
management plays essential strategies through which organisation can ensure more productive
teams and can make their workforce creative and more productive. In addition to this it has been
identified that with the help of talent management practices organisation can decrease employee
turnover, as talent management provide number of career development opportunities to
employees that enhance their sense of belongingness toward the organisation. It provides various
forms of opportunities for employees for their growth and development that make them to stay
for a longer period of time. Talent management acts an essential tool for an HR, with the help of
talent management model HR manager can effectively plan correct planning in order to ensure
right skills and experience for employers. With the help of talent management model HR
manager can attract large number of employees and can make sure that organisation is having
sufficient staff to carry out operations and can prevent heavy workloads. Talent management also
allow HR manager to keep employees and company enthusiastic through which they can go the
extra mile. Furthermore, it has been underlined that talent management enforce motivation
within workforce that will help company to increase overall productivity at great extent. With the
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help of taking advantage of various form of talent management practices HR manager can retain
employees for longer period of time.
Thus, according to the above mentioned analysis it has been identified that talent
management is termed as an effective methodology that involve organised as well as strategic
procedure to get right talent on board and further help them to grow their optimal capabilities in
order to accomplish organisational objectives. It is an effective process through which
organisation can acknowledge the need for talent and can further fill that gap by providing them
many growth opportunities. Talent management practices play essential role for human resource
manager as with the help of this they can hire, manage, develop and retain employees for longer
period of time. It comprises of many strategic work process as well as system through which HR
manager can strengthen workforce in an effective manner (Al-Rawashdeh, 2021). Talent
management practices enforce employee involvement and provide them recognition in an
effective manner. With the help of taking various form of talent management practices
organisation can attract top talent as compared to other rivals. Talent management place essential
role for organisation as it is an ongoing source of having talented and capable employees. With
the help of talent management HR manager can anticipate the need of human capital for
organisation and can further undertaker effective plan in order to fulfil this gap. With the help of
talent management practices organisation can enhance skills, capabilities and potential of
employees and can enhance their performance. It will significantly allow employees to ensure
long-term sustainability and productivity within respective sector. Talent management not only
maximise employees skills but also allow organisation to enhance its competitiveness in market
segment. With the help of talent management strategies HR manager can overcome the issues
and challenges and can plan for organisation growth and development. Talent management does
significant job for HR manager through which they can accomplish their roles and
responsibilities associated to recruitment and providing ongoing development to employees in an
effective manner. Thus, according to the above mentioned analysis it has been identified that
talent management act as an essential tool for HR through which HR manager can provide
various form of job opportunities to employees and can further accomplish organisational goals
and objectives in an effective manner. With the help of talent management practices HR manager
can set goals and can further undertake use of effective system for performance management and
appraisal. With the help of talent management organisation can ensure effective succession
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planning and can further maximize their growth in an effective manner. By taking advantage of
talent management human resource manager can undertake effective information system in order
to track career path of employees and can further manage available opportunity for talented
employees (Chen, Lee and Ahlstrom, 2021). It significantly enhances organisational productivity
and profitability at great extent that significantly maximise company competitiveness in market
segments.
Impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an organization
As per the view point of Dorasamy, 2021 talent management is having a significant
impact upon organisation and performance. It has been identified that talent management play
significant role for Human resource within an organisation, as with the help of this HR manager
can undertake various form of talent management planning for employees through which they
can accomplish organisational goals in an effective manner. With the help of talent management
practices human resource managers can effectively meet the need of talented employees and
organisation. Talent management plays essential role for human resource management with
organisational workplace structure as Human resource managers have responsibility to hire right
individual and manage time effectively by developing strong management approaches and
policies. Thus, with the assistance of talent management practices HR manager can effectively
design integrated underlying system and can accomplish organisational day-to-day object with
more effectiveness. It has been identified that foundation of talent management is hiring right
individuals with the help of best processes. In this HR manager is required to carefully define job
description with the help of applicant tracking system in order to manage workflow of interview
process and carefully interviewing applicants in order to select potential candidates. In this with
the help of effective talent management practices HR manager can select right individuals for
right place. With the help of effective talent management HR manager can undertake different
processes related to recruiting, training, retaining and promoting right individual in an effective
manner. It effectively enhances Organisation growth and development in a well defined and
effective manner. Talent management is a critical component for large-scale organisation like
Sainsbury as with the help of this they take advantage of different talent management practices.
It will allow company to strengthen their workforce and can maximize overall productivity at
great extent. Furthermore, it has been underlined that an event management allow human
resource managers to manage employees in an effective manner by providing them various
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career development opportunities (Kriz, Russo and Liesch, 2021). Management also facilitate
HR manager of company to provide attractive training and development opportunities to work
force. In addition to these it has been identified that HR manager of organisation can promote
creativity and innovation within organisational structure with the help of undertaking use of
various form of talent management strategies and practices and can enhance overall performance
and productivity of employees at great extent. It effectively allow company to enhance its
competitiveness in re4spective industrial sector through which they can be formed their roles and
responsibilities with more effectiveness. Talent management not only allow significant increase
in skills and capabilities of employees but also facilitate organisation to serve customers in more
effective manner. Talent management have significant capability to maximize overall growth and
skills of employees through which they can perform their roles and responsibilities in more
effective basis. According to the above mentioned analysis it has been identified that talent
management play significant role for human resource management within organisational
workplace structure through which HR manager can perform various forms of roles and
responsibilities in an effective manner associated to recruiting, leadership development, strategy
creation and employee’s management in effective manner. With the help of effective talent
management practices HR manager can develop effective career path for employees and can
further enhance their level of satisfaction (Mujtaba and Mubarik, 2021). Along with this talent).
It significantly allows company to reduce employee turnover at great extent. It has been
underlined that talent management also allow HR manager to track employee’s performance on
daily basis through which they can undertake various career management opportunities for
employees. It significantly enhance employee satisfaction through which organisation can
accomplish their goals and objectives in more effective manner. With the help of talent
management HR manager can undertake performance management in a successful manner and
can manage employee productivity and performance on regular basis . Thus, it has been
identified that Talent management act as an essential aspect for human resource management
within an organisation like Sainsbury, as organisation is having large base of employees. Thus, it
is essential for HR manager to manage employees in an effective manner and retain them for a
longer period of time, as with the help of experienced and potential employees company can
conduct day-to-day activities in an effective manner while overcoming various challenges within
business environment. Thus, talent management play essential role to which human resource
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manager can accomplish organisational objectives with more effectiveness while satisfying
needs and requirements of employees in more effective manner.
Different strategies of talent management adopted by human resource of a company
As per the view point of Musakuro and de Klerk, 2021 there are various form of talent
management strategies that can be adopted by human resource manager within an organisation in
order to effectively manage talent of employees. With the help of these strategies HR manager
can undertake workforce planning in an effective manner and can conduct various aspects of
career path planning of employees in effective manner. Talent management strategies allow HR
manager to manage performance of employees and can accomplish HR roles and responsibilities
of company. There are various forms of talent management such as providing continuous
training and development opportunities to employee, provide effective rewards and recognition
to workforce, cultivate honest career paths, provide healthy workplace environment to
employees and offer competitive pay packages as compared to other rivals. In addition to this
HR manager can also undertake strategy is related to performance appraisal, succession planning
and compensation through which they can accomplish HR Vision and Mission in an effective
manner. Talent management strategy provides high level action to HR Manager of organisations
through which they can assure long-term sustainability and growth of an organisation in
respective industrial sector. Talent management is having great scope for HR process through
which HR manager can attract, motivate and retain high-performance employees for longer
period of time through which organisation can improve its business performance in respective
industrial segment (Nangia and Dudeja, 2021). Thus, it has been identified that with the help of
understanding company’s aims, objectives and evaluating capabilities of employees HR manager
can provide required training and development opportunities to employees. With the help of
taking effective talent management strategies human resource manager can undertake
competitive advantage and can maximize organisational growth in an effective manner. Thus
according to the above mentioned analysis it has been identified that with the help of taking
advantage of the form of talent management strategies HR manager of an organisation can not
only maximize skills and performance of employees but can also maximize growth and
development opportunities for organisation and management. It significantly enhances
organisation profitability generation capability through which company can ensure long-term
sustainability. It is essential for HR manager of Sainsbury to undertake use of various forms of
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talent management strategies in order to enhance my skills and capabilities of employees at great
extent. It will allow organisation to manage and retain employees for longer period of time.
Thus, it has been identified that talent management strategy not only allow human resource
managers to manage and retain employees for longer period of time but also allow them to
accomplish organisation aims and objectives in more effective manner (Noreen and Imran,
2021). With the help of taking advantage of various form of talent management practices
organisation like Sainsbury can enhance its competitiveness in retail industrial sector and can
further assure global growth.
Gantt Chart:
Gantt chart is determined as a type of bar which outline the activities as well as duration
for conducting research in effective and appropriate manner. With the help of Gantt chart
researcher can accomplish activities of researcher in proper time frame
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This segments frames an indispensable piece of each examination work which give
imperative data about the determination and decision of exploration technique from a bunch of
different methodologies and strategy for exploration to lead an examination and exploration
work in a more feasible and successful way (Nowak and Scanlan, 2021). In context with present
research, research onion model has been utilized to guarantee appropriate choice of and decision
of research method along with proper justification for their use .
Figure 1: Research Onion, 2020. Research Philosophy- There are four principle structures and sorts of examination theory
for example Positivism, interpretivism, Pragmatism and Realism that can be utilized by
an investigator to accomplish research objective (Wiblen, S. ed., 2021). In terms with
present research analysis on Sainsbury organization usage of Positivism research
philosophy appeared to be generally proper and appropriate as it prompts a target nature
of examination which uphold a more logical and useful method of study to accomplish
set goals.
 Research approach- There are two fundamental arrangements of research approach that
involves inductive and deductive methodology out of which use and ramifications of
deductive methodology is appeared to be more legitimate and proper for present research,
as it uphold target nature of examination as likewise viably facilitate with positivism
research theory. Further, the another explanation and legitimization for determination of
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deductive methodology depends on the way that it prompts give and better caning and
testing of numeric realities and information which are more imperative to arrive at a
particular outcome for accomplishment of set targets.
 Research strategy- The whole system and plan of an examination is principally needy
and dependent on the choice of research strategy which comprises of action research,
observation, survey, experiments, empharical research and a lot more types of
examination technique. From these, implection of survey appeared to be generally
appropriate as it encourages a suitable method to get adequate example size and gather
information from a bigger number of populace to precisely reach a substantial inference.
 Choices of method- Qualitative and quantitative are two fundamental set and type of
examination strategy out of which one or a mix of both is applied by an exploration to do
examination where subjective is related with top to bottom examination where as
quantitative depends on target nature of examination (ODINTSOVA, 2021). In terms
with present research analysis, utilization of quantitative nature of research strategy
appeared to be more practical, as it helps and encourages assortment of required data in
mathematical and factual arrangement of information that is not difficult to gather and
present. Further, usage of quantitative nature of exploration technique is additionally
legitimate to have better introduction of gathers realities in more methodical and alluring
manner through utilizing tables and graphs.
 Data collection and analysis- There are two sources or principle beginning from where
information can be gathered by researcher which includes primary as well as secondary
source of data analysis. With the help of both of these data collection techniques,
investigator aim towards accomplishing research objectives in more effective manner.
Further, primary research is practical to have assortment of direct and genuine
arrangement of information straightforwardly from chose members while if it is talked
about secondary sources it gives a period productive type of examination alongside
encouraging help for gathered information with the assistance and utilization of past
discoveries and exploration work (Wiblen and Marler, 2021). It has been determined that
evaluation of primary data would be made with the use of frequency table and pie charts
while if its talked about secondary data has been analysed under the head of literature
review in a systematic way. While in terms of secondary data collection method,
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researcher have taken use of books, journals, articles to acquire information from number
of sources in order to conduct in-depth evaluation.
 Sampling- It is basically a statistical process which is used under current examination for
determination of reasonable example size of a bigger number of populations. With the
help of random sampling method, sample size of 50 members had been chosen those who
are employees of respective organisation which is justifiable for collection of primary
data in most unbiased manner as it offer an equal chance of selection for all participants
(SAVELYEVA, 2021). Along with this use of questionnaire is made for current
examination to gather essential arrangement of information. The questionnaire is attached
in the appendix at the end of the report.
 Ethic Issues- The moral issues which are confronted and experienced during the process
of research is related to maintaining privacy of collected data and maintenance of
authenticity. However, in order to eliminate these ethical issues use of BERA code of
ethics is being undertaken along with proper compliance of provisions of data protection
act in order to ensure appropriate credibility and protection of information. Further, an
approval and consent from involved participants is additionally taken to meet the set
moral thought while doing current examination.
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DATA ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Analysis of collected facts
Q1) Do you have understanding of the talent management concept? Frequency
a) Yes 48
b) No 1
c) Neutral 1
Q2) According to your opinion, does talent management plays
important role in the role of HR in context with organisational
practices?
Frequency
a) Strongly Agreed 9
b) Agreed 11
c) Disagreed 12
d) Strongly disagreed 8
e) N/A 10
Q3) Do you think, that within your organisation expectations of
workforce get accomplished according to talent management
practices?
Frequency
a) Strongly Agreed 5
b) Agreed 25
c) Disagreed 9
d) Strongly disagreed 7
e) N/A 4
Q4) Does you organisation have transparent reward and recognition
scheme?
Frequency
a) Yes 13
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b) No 15
c) Neutral 12
Q5) According to you what are the benefits of talent management on
employee growth?
Frequency
a) Increase in productivity 12
b) More loyalty towards organisation 20
c) Dedicated behaviour towards company 10
d) All the above 8
Q6) As per your view point, what overall impact and influence of
effective talent management practices on Sainsbury?
Frequency
a) Retain talented employees 10
b) Improved employee experience 20
c) Increased management and employee engagement 10
d) Higher productivity and profitability 10
Q7) According to you what are the possible challenges with talent
management?
a) Lack of leadership 10
b) Increase labour turnover 20
c) Higher demand of compensations 10
Q8) According to you, what are the strategies with the help of which
company can overcome challenges of talent management?
a) Employee engagement 10
b) Regular training and employee development programs 15
c) Competitive recognition and rewards 15
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d) Employee career development seminars 10
Q9) Provide some recommendation, how company can overcome
talent management challenges
Interpretation of data
Theme 1: Talent management concept
Q1) Do you have understanding of the talent management concept? Frequency
a) Yes 48
b) No 1
c) Neutral 1
a) Yes b) No c) Neutral
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
48
1 1
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above mentioned graph analysis it has been determined that 48 of
respondents are aware that the understanding of talent management concept while on the other
hand one respondent out of the way it did not affair with the same at last one respondent out of
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Theme 2: Talent management plays important role in the role of HR in context with
organisational practices
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Q2) According to your opinion, does talent management plays important
role in the role of HR in context with organisational practices?
Frequency
a) Strongly Agreed 9
b) Agreed 11
c) Disagreed 12
d) Strongly disagreed 8
e) N/A 10
a) Strongly
Agreed b) Agreed c) Disagreed d) Strongly
disagreed e) N/A
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
9
11 12
8
10
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
As per the above mentioned graph it has been identified that 9 out of 50 respondents are
strongly agree with this fact that talent management play a central role of HR in terms with
organisational practices while on the other hand 11 respondents did not agree with this fact for
the more it has been under and that while respondents disagreed with the fact and remaining
eight respondents were strongly disagreed that talent management play essential role in the role
of HR in organisational practices at class 10 respondents were neither agreed not disagree.
Theme 3: Talent management practices enhances profitability of organisation
Q3) Do you think, that within your organisation expectations of workforce
get accomplished according to talent management practices?
Frequency
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a) Strongly Agreed 5
b) Agreed 25
c) Disagreed 9
d) Strongly disagreed 7
e) N/A 4
a) Strongly
Agreed b) Agreed c) Disagreed d) Strongly
disagreed e) N/A
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
5
25
9 7
4
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above-mentioned graph has been identified that five respondents were
strongly agreed with the fact that in organisation workforce expectation get accomplished as for
talent management practices while on the other hand 25 respondents were agreed with this fact
for the more it has been underline that 9 respondents out of 50 word disagreed and remaining 7
respondents were strongly disagreed with the same at last for respondents were neither agreed
not disagree.
Theme 4: Impact of talent management on the role of human resource in an organization
Q4) Does you organisation have transparent reward and recognition
scheme?
Frequency
a) Yes 13
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b) No 15
c) Neutral 12
a) Yes b) No c) Neutral
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
13
15
12
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above mentioned graph, it has been identified that 13 out of 50
respondents said that organisation is having transparent reward and recognition system,
according to their viewpoint company offer them transparent reward and recognition that helps
in enhancing their performance. While on the other hand 15 respondents did not agree with the
same. At last 1 respondent out of 50 were neutral.
Theme 5: Most effective strategy of talent management adopted by human resource of a
company
Q5) According to you what are the benefits of talent management on
employee growth?
Frequency
a) Increase in productivity 12
b) More loyalty towards organisation 20
c) Dedicated behaviour towards company 10
d) All the above 8
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a) Increase in
productivity b) More loyalty
towards
organisation
c) Dedicated
behaviour
towards
company
d) All the above
0
5
10
15
20
25
12
20
10 8
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
It has evaluated that according to the above given graph it has been identified that 12
respondents out of 50 said that increase in the profitability is the benefit of talent management on
the growth of employees. While on the other hand, 20 respondents said that more loyalty towards
organisation is the benefit of talent management upon employee’s growth. Furthermore,
respondents 10 out of 50 said that dedicated behaviour towards company is one of the most
important benefits of talent management on the growth of employee. At 8 respondents said that
all the above mentioned factors are the talent management practices on employees growth.
Theme 6: Overall impact and influence of effective talent management practices on
Sainsbury
Q6) As per your view point, how talent management benefits organisation? Frequency
a) Retain talented employees 46
b) Improved employee experience 1
c) Increased management and employee engagement 3
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a) Increase in
productivity b) More loyalty
towards
organisation
c) Dedicated
behaviour
towards
company
d) All the above
0
5
10
15
20
25
12
20
10 8
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above mentioned graph it has been identified that 46 respondents said
that talent management benefit organisation in terms of retaining talented employees. While on
the other hand 1 respondent said that improved employee experience is one of the most
important benefits of talent management for organisation. At last 3 respondents said that increase
management and employee engagement is the prominent benefit of talent management upon
organisation.
Theme 7: Possible challenges with talent management
Q7) According to you what are the possible challenges with talent
management?
Frequency
a) Lack of leadership 46
b) Increase labour turnover 1
c) Higher demand of compensations 3
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a) Lack of leadership b) Increase labour
turnover c) Higher demand of
compensations
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50 46
1 3
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above mentioned graph that has been stated that 46 out of the 50
respondents said that lack of leadership is the challenge of talent management. On the other hand
1 respondent said that increasing labour turnover is the major challenge of talent management
that organisation can face. At last 3 respondents said that higher demand of compensation is the
major challenge of talent management.
Theme 8: Strategies with the help of which company can overcome challenges of talent
management
Q8) According to you, what are the strategies with the help of which
company can overcome challenges of talent management?
Frequency
a) Employee engagement 20
b) Regular training and employee development programs 10
c) Competitive recognition and rewards 10
d) Employee career development seminars 10
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0
5
10
15
20
25 20
10 10 10
Chart Title
Series1
Interpretation
According to the above mentioned graph analysis it has been determined that, 20 out of
50 respondents said that with the help of employee engagement strategy organisation can
effectively overcome talent management challenges. In addition to this, 10 respondents said that
with the help of regular training and employee development programs, company can
significantly allow themselves to overcome talent management challenges. Furthermore it has
been underlined that respondents 10 out of 50 said that competitive recognition and reward is
one of the most effective strategy through which company can effectively overcome talent
management challenges. At last 10 respondents said that with the help of employee career
development seminars, company can significantly overcome challenges of talent management.
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CONCLUSION
As per the above mentioned research knowledge as it has been concluded that talent
management played a central role for organisational growth and development. With the help of
various form of talent management practices HR manager can conduct operations related to
recruiting, managing and developing employees within organisational workplace structure in an
effective manner. However there are various forms of challenges and issues that can be faced by
HR manager during the process of talent management teams can be effectively overcome with
the help of effective strategies such as providing training and development programme to
employees, providing career development opportunities and other. Research analysis has been
conducted with the use of primary as well as secondary source of data collection through which
improvement of research is done with proper data and information.
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REFLECTION & RECOMMENDATION OF ALTERNATIVE RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
There were number of positive and negative experience faced by me during this research
analysis. It has been identified by me that during the process of data collection I have faced
issues to acquire information from respondents due to my ineffective communication. However
this issue has been overcome by me during this research. Along with this, accomplishment of
research activities in proper time mean it’s also a major challenge that has been faced by me.
With the help of allocation of work in timely manner help me to accomplish all the research
objectives in proper time frame. With help of this research analysis I have experience positive
experiences in terms of enhancing my time management skills, communication skill and data
collection skill. Along with this I have also enhance my critical thinking ability. Present research
enhanced my career development opportunity as it is conducted on the talent management topic
which plays important role in both personal and professional context. Furthermore, it has been
determined me be that data collection and analysis helped me to collected data and information.
However, this takes my lot of time that affected this research outcome. This has been overcome
by me with the help of time management.
In simpler words that data collection tolls used like literature review and questionnaire are
proven to be very helpful for me to attain the agenda of my research topic and accomplish the
aim and objectives. The data collection tool literature review helped me in collecting secondary
data which already exist. This provided me more factual knowledge was I got the understanding
of the experts and their opinion in respect to the topic of talent management. The researchers
have made deep analysis of the notion of talent management and made varied critical analysis
which resulted in making the concept very important and necessary for businesses and their
HRM department to look over for gaining a more competitive and skilled workforce and attain a
competitive edge in market. Along with it, questionnaire was used as a primary tool and allowed
me to take a deeper dive in what people that is employees think about the idea of talent
management and it changing practices and requirements. With the help of a questionnaire I
determined the point of views of numerous employees enabling me to be more critical and
offered me more knowledge. Hence, both the techniques enhanced my knowledge and
understanding of the phenomena of talent management. Although it is a very lengthy and time
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consuming methods but the outcomes collected and presented with the research helped me in
making a more evident conclusion which is clear and reliable. I managed to reach to an concrete
conclusion with enough evidence to back up my information and enabled in attaining the aim
and objective of the research project.
Recommendation
It is recommended to Sainsbury HR manager to provide regular training and development
opportunities to employees with the help of employee development plan. HR manager is also
recommended to make sure that compliance with all norms and ethical conservationist e are
being conducted in order to implement talent management practices in effective manner.
Furthermore, HR manager is also recommended to have proper check and evaluation of
employee performance in order to determine their performance level it will help HR manager to
enhance their productivity through which they can enhance overall productivity of organisation
on simultaneous basis.
Recommendation for alternative research methodology
Present research report has been conducted with the help of mixed research methods by
using literature review as a secondary research tools and questionnaire as primary research
techniques, in order to acquire data and information. The adopted research tools and techniques
were effective enough as enable me to allocate enough data form varied valuable and potential
sources. Also, these methods enable me to cover number of areas and gain knowledge about
huge number of factual and non-factual information. However, this research can be conducted
with the alternative data collection method, interview. It is a primary data collection tool as well
and very useful. The researchers commonly use them as it provides a sense of connection with
the interviewee. Through interviews the outcome will be the same, However, it has been
determined that interview is comparatively time taken and costly method. Thus, to conduct this
research questionnaire is being undertaken. But on the other side, interviewing number of people
will allow the investigator to be more attached with their aspects as well as it will enable them to
be more concentrated about how the emotions of interviewee and can help in understanding their
point of in the best possible manner. Moreover, interviews allows the student conducting the
academic study in grabbing more and more information through asking them more open ended
questions which is a lacking feature of using a questionnaire.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
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APPENDICES
Appendix 1 – Questionnaire
Questionnaire
Q1) Do you have understanding of the talent management concept?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Neutral
Q2) According to your opinion, does talent management plays important role in the role
of HR in context with organisational practices?
a) Strongly Agreed
b) Agreed
c) Disagreed
d) Strongly disagreed
e) N/A
Q3) Do you think, that within your organisation expectations of workforce get
accomplished according to talent management practices?
a) Strongly Agreed
b) Agreed
c) Disagreed
d) Strongly disagreed
e) N/A
Q4) Does you organisation have transparent reward and recognition scheme?
a) Yes
b) No
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c) Neutral
Q5) According to you what are the benefits of talent management on employee growth?
a) Increase in productivity
b) More loyalty towards organisation
c) Dedicated behaviour towards company
d) All the above
Q6) As per your view point, how talent management benefits organisation?
a) Retain talented employees
b) Improved employee experience
c) Increased management and employee engagement
d) Higher productivity and profitability
Q7) According to you what are the possible challenges with talent management?
a) Lack of leadership
b) Increase labour turnover
c) Higher demand of compensations
Q8) According to you, what are the strategies with the help of which company can
overcome challenges of talent management?
a) Employee engagement
b) Regular training and employee development programs
c) Competitive recognition and rewards
d) Employee career development seminars
Q9) Provide some recommendation, how company can overcome talent management
challenges
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Appendix 2 – Power Point
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